Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Isthmosacanthidae > Genus Serrasentis

Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889) Linton, 1932

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Serrasentis*	Van Cleave, 1923	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinorhynchus sagittifer*	Linton, 1889	synonym
*Serrasentis socialis*	(Leidy, 1851) Van Cleave, 1923	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Amin, O.M. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States: Acanthocephala. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 135. U.S. Department of Commerce. 27 p.
additional source	Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	CBIF
additional source	Tavakol, S.; Amin, O. M.; Luus-Powell, W. J.; Halajian, A. (2015). The acanthocephalan fauna of Iran, a check list. Zootaxa. 4033(2): 237.
additional source	Truong, V.T., H.T.T. Ngo, T.Q. Bui, H.W. Palm & R.A. Bray. (2022). Marine fish parasites of Vietnam: a comprehensive review and updated list of species, hosts, and zoogeographical distribution. Parasite. 29: 1-36.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers). (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/taxonomy-systematics/host-parasites/.
redescription	Saed, N.; Abdel-Gawad, M.; El-Ganainy, S.; Ahmed,, M.; Morsy, K.; Adel, A. (2018). Serrasentis Sagittifer Linton, 1889 (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from the Red Porgy Pagrus pagrus (Teleostei: Sparidae) of the Red Sea, Egypt: A Morphological Study. Acta Parasitologica Globalis. 9 (3): 133-140.
redescription	Soota, T. D.; Bhattacharya, S. B. (1981). ON SOME ACANTHOCEPHALANS FROM INDIAN MARINE FISHES. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India. 3(3): 227-233.
redescription	Fonseca, M. C. G. D.; Knoff, M.; Felizardo, N. N.; Torres, E. J. L.; Di Azevedo, M. I. N.; Gomes, D. C.; Clemente, S. C. D. S.; Iñiguez, A. M. (2019). Acanthocephalan parasites of the flounder species Paralichthys isosceles, Paralichthys patagonicus and Xystreurys rasile from Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 28(3): 346-359.
redescription	Barton, D.; Smales, L.; Morgan, J. (2017). A REDESCRIPTION OF SERRASENTIS SAGITTIFER (RHADINORHYNCHIDAE: SERRASENTINAE) FROM RACHYCENTRON CANADUM (RACHYCENTRIDAE) WITH COMMENTS ON ITS BIOLOGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER SPECIES OF SERRASENTIS. Journal of Parasitology.
redescription	Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Fayed, H.; Nemr, E.; Mostafa, N. (2019). Serrasentis sagittifer Linton, 1889 (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) Infecting the Rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus (Teleostei, Siganidae) from Hurghada Coasts of the Red Sea: Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Acta Parasitologica Globalis. 10 (3): 111-116.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889) Linton, 1932. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159728